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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1 - 2)
Objective
This lesson introduces students to the nonfiction book Parallel Journeys by Eleanor H. Ayer, Helen Waterford, and Alfons Heck. In this nonfiction book, Ayer juxtaposes the narrative and first-person accounts of Alfons Heck, a boy caught up in the Hitler Youth organization, and Helen Waterford, a German Jew who was captured in Amsterdam along with her husband, after having secured a home for their young daughter. This book looks at the events, people, horrors, and circumstances of World War II and the Holocaust through the personal lens of two opposite experiences.
Lesson
Research Activity: Take time in class to conduct research on the following two subjects:
(1) The author and the book’s publication. How did Eleanor H. Ayer compile this book? Where do the first-hand accounts of Alfons and Helen come from?
(2) The basic facts of World War II. When did the war begin and end...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.7, 11-12.7
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